The Great Passion: Chapters 1-6

Close Reads Podcast

Goldberry Studios

Arts, Books

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

We’re on to a new book: James Runcie’s The Great Passion, a contemporary book that blends a variety of genres in a really delightful fashion. On this episode we discuss how he pulls it off. Plus: the way music is an ongoing motif in the construction of the story, why it’s such a re-readable book, how Bach is portrayed, and much more. Happy reading!

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm David Kern.
0:03.6	I'm Heidi White.
0:04.9	And I'm Sean Johnson.
0:06.3	And you were listening to Close Reeds, a podcast for the Incurable Reader on which we are discussing the Great Passion by James Runcie.
0:15.5	I'm back, guys.
0:18.0	Yay!
0:18.8	Hey!
0:19.7	I knew there was something different.
0:21.8	I could feel it.
0:22.2	Yeah.
0:23.1	There was a delay there.
0:25.9	So now I don't know how to feel about myself.
0:30.3	Yes.
0:30.9	It was a delay.
0:33.7	It took me a minute to realize that you were talking to us and not to the wider world
0:40.5	the wider world yeah yeah anyway i'm back uh good job on station 11 guys i did tune into that um and i
0:46.8	found myself um nodding often and uh i found myself you be honest. With you guys?
0:54.5	I thought you were going to say nodding off.
0:56.4	Yeah.
0:56.6	Did I ever...
0:57.3	Are you asking if I liked that book?
0:59.9	Oh, yes, I am.
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